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Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of parents and children aged 12–23 months in Ethiopia, 2016EDHS

From: Individual and community-level determinants of childhood vaccination in Ethiopia

Variable Categories Frequency Percentage
Highest educational level No education 1170 60.7
Primary 508 26.3
Secondary and above 251 13.0
Respondent’s current age 15–24 546 28.3
25–34 978 50.7
35–49 405 21.0
Number of living children 1–2 786 40.7
3–4 560 29.0
5+ 583 30.2
Mother occupational status No 1362 70.6
Yes 567 29.4
Place of delivery Home 1101 57.1
Health facility 828 42.9
Sex of household head Male 1509 78.2
Female 420 21.8
Wealth index combined poor 979 50.8
Middle 279 14.5
Rich 671 34.8
Antenatal Care visits No antenatal visits 690 35.8
1–3 541 28.0
4 and above 698 36.2
Husband education level No education 974 50.5
Primary 586 30.4
Secondary and above 369 19.1
Postnatal Care No 1652 85.6
Yes 277 14.4
Current marital status Not Married 128 6.6
Married 1801 93.4
Sex of child Male 946 49.0
Female 983 51.0
Birth order number First 416 21.6
2–3 600 31.1
4 abd above 913 47.3
Presence of vaccination document No 1080 56.0
Yes 849 44.0
Wanted last child Yes 1546 80.1
No 383 19.9
Relationship to household head Head 319 16.5
Wife 1392 72.2
Others 218 11.3
Religion Orthodox 607 31.5
Muslin 921 47.7
Protestant and others 401 20.8
Size of child at birth Small 541 28.0
Average 789 40.9
Large 599 31.1
Tetanus injections before birth Not received 809 41.9
1–2 594 30.8
3 and above 526 27.3
Ever had a terminated pregnancy No 1770 91.8
Yes 159 8.2
Received Vitamin A1 No 929 48.2
Yes 1000 51.8
Husband/partner’s occupation No 197 10.2
Yes 1732 89.8
Type of place of residence Urban 409 21.2
Rural 1520 78.8
Region Tigray 216 11.2
Afar 171 8.9
Amhara 178 9.2
Oromia 287 14.9
Somali 223 11.6
Benishangul 156 8.1
SNNPR 231 12.0
Gambela 138 7.2
Harari 117 6.1
Addis Adaba 102 5.3
Dire Dawa 110 5.7
Media exposure No 1265 65.6
Yes 664 34.4
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